CVE-2026-110698
Praat Model Loader whisper.cpp whisper_model_load out-of-bounds write
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 14, 2026
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Praat up to 7.0.02. Affected is the function whisper_model_load of the file external/whispercpp/whisper.cpp of the component Model Loader. The manipulation of the argument n_dims leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is a910d21a2705ef4cd16d91f29cdc8da1ab1a7221. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The project maintainer confirms: "We did a quick fix (suggested fix 1) for Praat version 7.0.03, and scheduled a better fix (suggested fix 2)."
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 7.5 High | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Praatn/a |
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References
- VDB-419892 | Praat Model Loader whisper.cpp whisper_model_load out-of-bounds writevdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-419892 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-110698 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
- Submit #1004713 | Praat Praat commit b753a09ba0f4c2385735f08dacd2086088094d69 Out-of-bounds Writethird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/praat/praat.github.io/issues/3348exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/PaulBoersma/praat/commit/a910d21a2705ef4cd16d91f29cdc8da1ab1a7221patch
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